Broom.



H. NOPPE & R. IKE

BROOM.

APPLICATION HLED 0cT.24. 1914.

Patented J une 22, 1915.

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HENRY N OPPE AND RICHARD IKE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BROOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed. October 24, 1914. Serial No. 868,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY NOPPE and RICHARD IKE, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in brooms, and broom construction,and its objects are: first, to provide a means whereby the handle may bereadily removed from the brush portion of the broom. Second, to providea means whereby a handle may be made to serve several brush portions orbroom heads, thus enabling the user to substitute a new brush or headfor one that has been worn out. Third, to provide a means whereby theupper ends of the brush will be held firmly and securely in placewithout the necessity of winding the assembled corns that form the brushor head with broom Wire, as in the usual line of broom construction.

lVe attain these objects by the construction and assemblage of partsshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom made upon a scale of 1 to 6,showing our device in place. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same onthe line a: a: of Fig. 1, but made upon a larger scale for the purposeof showing more plainly the manner of assembling the several parts. Fig.3 is a longitudinal section of the cap and band that constitute theessential elements of our invention showing the manner of firmlyconnecting these elements and of securing the handle thereto. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of our cap and band disconnected. Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the same on the line 3 y of Fig. 4.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings 1 repre sents the handle, and 2 representsthe brush or head of a broom.

Our invention consists in a metal band 4 that is designed to be firmlyformed around the upper end of the brush '2, as indicated in Figs. 1 and2. This band has a bead formed around its periphery, as indicated at 5,that forms a base to receive and support the lower edge of the cap 3,which is passed down over the rim 11 of the band 4. The band 4 isprovided with a bail 6 that is departs signed to support a nut 8. WVegreatly prefer that the inner surface of the band 4 be made convex incross section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as it may, by this means, bemade to compress the butts or upper ends of the broom corn that form thebrush or head 2, without danger of cutting or wearing it. We have shownthis band as made of solid metal, but it will be readily understood thatsuch construction is not actually neces sary, hence we do not desire torestrict ourselves to this construction.

The cap 3 is made of sheet metal, preferably pressed into form, and thelower edge or opening should be made to fit ox er the rim l1 and bearupon the band 4. This cap is provided with a socket 9 for the receptionof the end of the handle 1, as shown in the several views. We sometimesform narrow slots, as 10, in the socket 9 as by so doing it may be muchmore readily pressed from the sheet metal.

The lower end of the handle 1 is made to fit closely but freely in thesocket 9, and is provided with a screw 7, that is very firmly secured inits position, for the purpose of securing the handle and cap to theband. hen assembling this device the cap is placed over the rim 11 sothe lower edge will rest on the upper surface of the bead 5. The handle1 is then passed into the socket 9 and the screw 7 is entered into thenut 8 when the handle is revolved to the right until the screw, inengagement with the said nut, draws the handle, cap and band firmlytogether and forms a rigid connection of these several elements.

To take down the broom it is only necessary to revolve the handle to theleft until. the screw 7 has been screwed out of the nut 8, when theseveral elements of our invention are readily taken apart, though theband 4 is still rigidly secured around the upper end of the brush orhead of the broom.

The bail 6 may be placed inside of the band 4, as indicated in Fig. 2,or outside of it, as indicated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, but we prefer thatit be placed outside of the band and be connected by forming slots 17 inthe band and passing the angled ends 12 of the bail 6 through saidslots, as indicated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

While there are various means for connecting the socket 9 with the cap3, we prefer to form an opening, as indicated at 16, through the crownof the cap and placing a reinforcing plate 14: inside the cap with anupstruck portion as 15 at the crown of this reinforcing plate that willproject up through the opening 16 in the cap, and then forming shortlugs 18 on the lower end of the socket, which are to pass through slotsin the plate 14 and be formed over firmly on the inner or lower surfaceof the plate, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5. By this means we areenabled to make a firm, secure and inexpensive connection between theseelements.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. In combination with the brush and handle of a broom, a metal bandfirmly embedded around the upper end of the brush,

a bail secured thereto and having a nut thereon, a cap made to engagesaid band and a socket projecting upward from the longitudinal center ofthe cap, a screw firmly seated in the end of the handle in position tobe made to pass through the cap and into the nut on the bail to securethe cap and band firmly together.

2. In combination with the handle and brush of a broom, a band securedaround the upper end of the brush, a bead formed on the periphery of theband, a bail secured to the band forming a centrally located screwthreaded nut, a cap fitted to pass over the rim of the band and restagainst the head, a socket on said cap, a handle fitted into the socket,a screw firmly fitted into the end of the handle and projecting downwardtherefrom in position to be made to pass through the cap and engage thenut on the bail to secure the cap and the band firmly together, thusforming a complete and rigidly contogether.

structed broom substantially as shown and described. l

3. In combination with the handle and brush of a broom, a band securelyconnected around the upper end of the brush, a bead and an upwardlyprojecting rim on said band, a bail connected with the band and having ascrew threaded nut thereon, a cap fitted to the rim of the band, asocket on the cap, the end of the broom handle'fitted into said socketandprovided with a screw pro: jecting downward therefrom, the screw andthe nut arranged to interlock and secure the cap and band firmlytogether, substantially as. shown and described.

4. In combination with the handle and brush of a broom, a band securelyconnected around the upper end of the brush and having a slot througheach of the two opposite sides, a bail having the ends bent inward andpassed throughsaid slots to secure it to the band, a screw-threaded nutformed in said bail, a cap fitted closely over the rim of said band, areinforcing plate secured in side and laterally of said cap,a sockethaving lugs arranged to engageslots in the re% inforcing plate to securethe socket firmly theretorthe end of thebroo'fn'. handle secured in thesocket,- and-:ascrew'projecting downt ward from the broom handle andmade to engage the nut in the bail to secure the broom head, the handleandthe cap firmly Grand Rapids Michigan Octo- HENRY NOPPE.

RICHARD IKE.

In the presence'of t I. J. GILLEY, Grins. F. Hnx'r.

Signed ber 21,1914;

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Washington,]) .'G;f

